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Mobile and tablet taking a chunk out of desktop hotel booking volume
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Mobile and tablet taking a chunk out of desktop hotel booking volume
By Karthick Prabu | December 11, 2013
Mobile and tablets are not only bringing down hotel bookings via desktop, but also page views, visits, room nights and revenue. HeBS Digital, a digital marketing company for the hospitality industr... Read More
Startup pitch: Poached Jobs brings a full-featured hiring tool to hospitality
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Startup pitch: Poached Jobs brings a full-featured hiring tool to hospitality
By Nick Vivion | December 10, 2013
The hospitality industry is known for its relatively high turnover rate. Whether due to the nature of the job or the personalities of those in the industry, hospitality has always been challenged to f... Read More
Travel STARTUPS roundup - 9Flats, Rome2Rio, MyTab, Jetpac, RouteHappy
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Travel STARTUPS roundup - 9Flats, Rome2Rio, MyTab, Jetpac, RouteHappy
By PhocusWire | December 10, 2013
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel STARTUPS in tourism and hospitality on Tuesday 10 December 2013... 9flats closes operations in Berlin after government ban The market p... Read More
Skobbler adds Wikitravel and TripAdvisor to its navigation app for Apple devices
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Skobbler adds Wikitravel and TripAdvisor to its navigation app for Apple devices
By Sean O'Neil | December 10, 2013
Skobbler, a Berlin-based start-up, said today that it has added a crowdsourced travel guide from Wikitravel and point-of-interest reviews from TripAdvisor to its OpenStreetMaps-powered mapping app for... Read More
TUI Travel upgrades web offering, sets out digital vision
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TUI Travel upgrades web offering, sets out digital vision
By Linda Fox | December 10, 2013
TUI Travel has shared some of the elements it wants to put in place to improve the customer experience from inspiration and research through to the holiday and when they return. Peter Long, chief e... Read More
Booking engines on tourism websites - they're good, not evil
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Booking engines on tourism websites - they're good, not evil
By Viewpoints | December 10, 2013
Debates about whether to have booking engines on DMO sites comes up very often in conferences and webinars. Should we have one? Does it really work? NB: This is an analysis by Ashwin Kamlani, pr... Read More
Digital Santa gives WestJet passengers a surprise gift [VIDEO]
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Digital Santa gives WestJet passengers a surprise gift [VIDEO]
By Karthick Prabu | December 10, 2013
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEIvi2MuEk" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WestJet-christmas-gift-Tnooz-2-690x300... Read More
Amadeus decides virtual cards are back in vogue
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Amadeus decides virtual cards are back in vogue
By Kevin May | December 10, 2013
Heard something similar to this before? Amadeus has created a joint initiative with AirPlus to give travel agencies virtual credit cards for payments to suppliers. The Amadeus AirPlus Travel Agency... Read More
Google allows travellers to create their own StreetView
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Google allows travellers to create their own StreetView
By Karthick Prabu | December 10, 2013
A new feature from Google has taken on the existing customised StreetView service for brands so users can also create their own personalized versions. Users can build their own StreetView and share... Read More
Brands to display Google+ posts on ads across Google network
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Brands to display Google+ posts on ads across Google network
By PhocusWire | December 10, 2013
MARKETING: Some argue that Google has been and will always be on the back foot when it comes its own social network (Plus), simply because it was late to the game behind Facebook. But many forget th... Read More
Disney parks receive more Facebook check-ins than any other commercial travel attractions
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Disney parks receive more Facebook check-ins than any other commercial travel attractions
By Sean O'Neil | December 9, 2013
Social network Facebook has released a list of global hotspots with the most check-ins in 2013, and Disney Parks dominate the top slots. Taking 25 countries, the list highlights the most popular ch... Read More
Hotel flash sales are often more "flash" than "sale", finds study
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Hotel flash sales are often more "flash" than "sale", finds study
By Karthick Prabu | December 9, 2013
How much do you really save when you make a booking through one of the flash/private sale sites like Jetsetter, Voyage Prive, and Vacationist? A new study says the savings might be almost 10 percen... Read More
Exploiting air fare glitches: the moral, the righteous and the opportunistic
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Exploiting air fare glitches: the moral, the righteous and the opportunistic
By Nick Vivion | December 9, 2013
Fare glitches are often at the center of significant online buzz, as travelers share mistake fares and system glitches that offer up impossible airline fares. Often only available for minutes at a... Read More
KLM logs another socially fueled holiday win with Wannagives
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KLM logs another socially fueled holiday win with Wannagives
By Nick Vivion | December 9, 2013
KLM has long been known for pushing the boundaries defining hospitality and the airline experience. From social seating to social media surprises to displaying social response times, when it comes to... Read More
How much is your Visit domain name worth?
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How much is your Visit domain name worth?
By Viewpoints | December 9, 2013
Since the very earliest examples of destination internet marketing, the Visitsomewhere.com domain name has always been the format of choice for DMOs across the world. NB: This is an analysis by, Ri... Read More
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